In the first ever vote to see who graces the cover of the Madden football video game, fans voted for Cleveland Browns’ running back Peyton Hillis over Michael Vick. They’re trying to credit the city of Cleveland with helping to support Hillis, but I think it’s pretty obvious that it was fantasy football fans in general that got him there. Pretty impressive win for Hillis, who won the contest over heavy-weights like Aaron Rodgers, Andre Johnson, Adrian Peterson and Vick (and more.)

If there were any Michael Vick doubters left out there, watching him run past three Redskins defenders like they weren’t even there en route to his second touchdown in five minutes probably means there aren’t any more.

Kevin Kolb sure made it easy for Andy Reid to announce that Michael Vick would start in week 9, eh? I guess that’s what 231 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT, and 1 fumble lost will do. Kind of a crappy deal for Kolb though…

really crapy deal for Kolb considering if they had scored and not fumbled in the red-zone before the half, they probably go on to win and Kolb may be looking at another opportunity to start, what do you think?

Another question… i have matt ryan and roddy white going into their bye week. Any thoughts on a qb to pick up? and should i start santonio holmes or is there a sleeper to pick up at wr?

Who knows what goes through the mind of Andy Reid when making a quarterback decision 🙂

In terms of your quarterback situation though, you might consider Ryan Fitzpatrick. For some reason it’s hard for me to buy into the hype, but he’s now put together a string of solid outings and it seems that Lee Evans, Steve Johnson and Roscoe Parrish are giving him some targets to throw to. Matthew Stafford returns this week as well, in case he appeals to you.

At wide receiver, go with Santonio Holmes. The Jets will have had an extra week to work on getting Holmes integrated in the offense and could have a decent game.

Kansas City’s giving up 244 yards per game through the air, so Fitzpatrick could be a nice plug-in given that his big game last week came against the Ravens’ normally-tough D. The Bills finally seem to have found an offensive identity of sorts – far too late to save their season, of course, but enough to play spoiler a few times.

They make me very nervous for the next Bills/Pats game, considering the New England secondary has been less-than-spectacular so far this year and it would be very fitting to see someone like Ryan Fitzpatrick go out and light them up.

Kevin Kolb will start at QB for the Eagles this week. The only remaining question is whether Vick will suit up and serve as the #3 quarterback – either way, it’ll give us some indication of how well Andy Reid thinks Vick is recovering.